How two brothers who run a family owned watch business in Leamington are helping raise money for the NHS - and how you can help them

A family owned business in Leamington is hoping to raise £5,000 for local medical services.

Brothers Andy and Mark Sealey, the founders of MAALS Watches, came up with the idea of a raffle as a way of saying thank you to the South Warwickshire NHS Trust.

The brothers have had a connection with the NHS throughout their lives, from their late mum training and working as a nurse when she first came to the UK from Jamaica, to aunts working as midwives across the Midlands.

The healthcare connection goes much further and deeper, with the NHS caring and supporting the family through brain surgeries, cancer treatments and life-threatening illnesses. Now in these strange times we all find ourselves in, they wanted to do something to support and say thank you to all the people of the South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust.

Andy said: “Times are hard all round, our small business like many others has taken a big hit. But we really wanted to support and say thank you to the amazing people of our local NHS.

"Organising a watch raffle doesn’t compare to the work they’re all doing, from the security people and porters all the way up to surgeons.

"But if we can raise some money and show them that we’re thinking and proud of them then we’re doing something.”

They asked other watch brands from the UK, US, Canada, and Italy to join them in donating a prize to raffle with six brands stepping up to help. Up for grabs are watches from MAALS, Egard, EMG, Gruppo Gamma, and Gravithin, with handmade sterling silver jewellery from DM Tiffany and Signature pens from Mitchell.

The brothers would like to thank the folllowing people and businesses that have helpe them: Darren Tiffany of D M Tiffany Timepieces; Brad McCallister of Mitchell Timepieces; Derek Love of EMG Watches; Emilio Mundula of A Time to Watch; Ivan Hampton Ennis of Iconic Timepieces; Cesare Zuccaro of Gravithin; Ilan Mu Sru of Egard.

Entry to the draw starts from £10 and winners will be chosen at random on May 6.

Every pound raised will help towards the NHS services.

To enter visit https://go.rallyup.com/nhswatchraffle or text WATCH20 to 855-202-2100.